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It’s a sharp increase in distaste for the leaders: In February, the same poll found a 42 percent approval and 54 percent disapproval rate.

Among the overall public, Republican leaders in Congress got a 24 percent approval rating, while Democrat leaders were at 33 percent. More Democrats than Republicans approved of their own leaders in the poll, by an 11 point difference.

The survey found that 35 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents agree with the tea party.

Pew surveyed 1,506 adults from Sept. 4 to 8 for the poll, which has an overall error margin of plus-minus 2.9 percentage points. The questions of 267 tea party Republicans have an error margin of 7 percentage points.